Why is the .270 dying?

[FredH]

The .270 isn’t dying, but this is why it should die.

Of course, I will keep shooting it for a while.

It seems apropos that this is what came in the mail last night:

PS - I am hopeful that our kids can have this same conversation in this same thread.
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“Keep on keepin’ on…”

I shoot very few factory loads but I have some 300 of the 130 grain Hornady interlok ready to be loaded. I hate that they made it a more blunt bullet than it was in the past.

 

[ozyclint]

The .270 isn’t dying, but this is why it should die.

Of course, I will keep shooting it for a while.

It seems apropos that this is what came in the mail last night:

PS - I am hopeful that our kids can have this same conversation in this same thread.
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“Keep on keepin’ on…”

That right there is the stock standard 270 kill it all bullet.

I reload and the 130gr Interlock has been getting it done for years.

 

[khuber84]

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Or 25 cm, same mv as the 145, higher bc, less powder, less wind deflection, less drop, lower recoil. newer cartridges can offer better performance. If you have a 270 is it a reason to change, probably not, but if buying a new rifle it might be.

25cm is loaded warm to make it shine. Pretty much anything over 2830 fps in a 24in or less barrel is near or exceeding saami max. I've been shooting the 25cm for 7 years, multiple barrels. It behaves much more similar to the 65 VS the 6.

 

[khuber84]

That comment makes zero sense. Modern era? You mean what exactly? Tipped match bullets, excessive meat damage, short barrels and suppressors? Setting up shots at long range because you feel that is better than stalking into easy range? Yep must be a Gen Z weasel thing.

Fast twist barels coming in on the shelf rifles designed to handle the heaviest for caliber bullets, the modern times. No genZ here, maybe I'm having a midlife crisis.......

 

[JimIsland]

I've got a ton of rifles and never owned a 270. When I started hunting you were either a 30-06 guy or a 270 guy. (for the most part) The 270 and the 30-06 fall in the same category to me. They are both prolific Deer killers that have withstood the test of time. No fancy names, no fancy marketing hype.....just stone cold killers with the track record to back it up.
What's the BC of a Core Lokt 130 grain 270?? Who cares!! All it does is kill

 

[FredH]

Fast twist barels coming in on the shelf rifles designed to handle the heaviest for caliber bullets, the modern times. No genZ here, maybe I'm having a midlife crisis.......

A heck of a lot of hunting the heaviest for caliber bullets are not needed but for 1000 yard target shooting they have an edge. As far as I can tell the closest 1000 yard range closed here a couple years ago. To visit a 500 yard range I have to go to Graham Tx. some 130 miles away. There is a private club that has one 15 miles away but the waiting list to membership is 3 years. I can get by with bullets having a measly BC of 400. Even Antelope hunting 450 yards is as far as I have shot one and I used a flat based 150 gr. Speer Hotcor out of a 30-06. But toys are still toys. I did build a load around the 162 gr. ELDX for my 7MM RM.

 

[Hunter270Win]

Didn’t you say in another thread that your 270 recoil beat you up? So you were downsizing?

no im not downsizing for hunting. I want to downsize for range time though